While we are thrilled to have our new
kennel up and running, we still endeavor to place senior and/or greyhounds needing a
little more personal time and care into foster homes. Our foster homes consist of
experienced volunteers and greyhound owners who provide shelter to greyhounds in their own
homes giving them love, tender loving care, transport to vet appointments, grooming and
anything else they might need while they are in our system.

Most
dogs that are Forever Fosters? are dogs that are seniors who have been in our
system for a while, sometimes years, or dogs that have special needs above and beyond what
many adopters can handle. Most Forever Fosters? are available for
adoption, but generally they are only suitable for experienced adopters or those with a
very specific home environment.

Our Forever Fosters? are listed
below. They are surrounded by people who love them and have plenty of canine
companionship at all times.

If you can't adopt a dog and you'd like to
help, please sponsor
one of our Forever Fosters?. Your sponsorship donation will help defray the
costs involved in making our long term fosters comfortable while they wait for their
forever homes.

If you're interested in adopting one of
these dogs, please contact the Vice President closest to you listed below or click the
"Contact for more information" button included with each dog.

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CheckTag No: 5593Registered Name:
Greys CheckntimeDate of Birth: October 4, 2003
Color: BrindleCat Friendly: NoDog Friendly: Ok with
greyhounds, not recommended with small dogsKid Friendly: No
Location: Foster homeLarger photos:
Yes, click the links in Check's comment areaComments:
Check is sweet, happy, friendly
and loves being around people. She is still very active for her age
and you would never guess that she is 10 years old.
Check was a brood
mom and would do best in a home without children.
She occasionally
likes to play with toys. She has done well with other greyhounds, but
can be dominant. Although she has done well meeting small dogs, we do
not recommend that she live with them full time.
Check is just darling
and will melt your heart. Check was our
April Dog of the Month. Kennel
Update: Check loves walks and often goes with our volunteers
on walks on some local trails. She is affectionate and happy – just a
wonderful lady! Foster home update:
Check, or “Checkers” as I like to call her is doing GREYT! She is
absolutely a love. She loves people and I have to say, is the easiest
dog I have ever had.
Check always lets me know when she needs to go
outside. She loves to go for walks. She has finally learned to lay
down in the car when I am driving. I would never guess that she is 11
years old. She has lots of spunk and loves to play with her animals,
she gathers them all onto her bed and then tosses them around!
Checkers
loves to follow me around and if I had to rename her, it would be
Shadow. She is not too good with dogs that are not Greyhounds. She has
learned to tolerate my brother’s Puggle, but I would never leave them
alone together. She adores my parents Greyhound Bella Rose, but she
also likes to eat Bella’s food and bump Bella out of the way…..so she
is a bit bossy and Bella is just a good match because she does not
mind. When I go to work, I drop Checkers off at my parents, so she
gets to spend the day with my folks and Bella. Sponsored by Marc Savage

HansyTag No: 5672Registered Name:
Regal
PerseoDate of Birth: April 21, 2005Color: FawnCat
Friendly: YesDog Friendly: Ok with large and smallKid
Friendly: NoLocation: Foster home
Larger
photo:
Yes, click the link in Hansy's comment areaComments:
Hansy is a
sweet, gentle, loving soul. He loves to lay by the fire or go for
short walks. He loves soccer balls and stuffed toys.
Hansy needs a
home without children as he is space and food protective. He has
lived in a home as an only dog and is now in a foster home with
other greyhounds and he does fine – he just needs his own space
for lying down. He is very affectionate and loves men. Hansy has
some old track injuries, which don’t hold him back, but he would
do best in a home without a lot of stairs and with a yard. Just a
love bug!! Foster home update: Hans has put
on weight since joining our household and is now at his race
weight. He is most handsome. He has gotten acupuncture for his
physical problems. We have received guidance for his behavioral
issues. Hans loves to go for walks. Only for him it's more of a
stroll and smell the roses adventure. Stuffed toys brings him
great joy. With all the merriment not one has lost it
stuffing. And he ADORES men. When Dad arrives home from work; the
sun has risen in the sky. Time to party.
Sponsored by Jeani Penn

Jada
Tag No: 5495Registered Name:
Sunsands Perky
Date of Birth: May 29, 2002 Color:
BlackDog friendly: OK with Greyhounds, unknown with othersCat
friendly: UnknownKid friendly: UnknownLocation: Foster home
Comments: Jada is a sweet loving girl with big stand up ears. She
likes to be close to her person. She and Yoda were turned into
us as their family couldn't care for them. They were very bonded and
would not do well without each other so they were placed in the same
Forever Foster home. Unfortunately, Yoda passed away recently. Jada will remain in her Forever Foster home
where she is much loved.Sponsored by Marilyn Baumann
Sponsored by Joyce Dickison

RioTag No: 4729Registered Name:
GLS
RedalertDate of Birth: July 18, 2003Color: RedCat
Friendly: YesDog Friendly: Ok with greyhoundsKid Friendly:
NoLocation: Foster HomeLarger Photos: Yes, click the links in Rio's
comment areaComments:
Rio is the sweetest older
gentleman. He was returned due to the owner’s allergies. Rio has
lost sight in one eye and has minimal vision in his other eye. He
is on daily meds for his eyes. Rio needs a home without children
and needs a quieter home that is easy to get around and with
minimal or no stairs. Rio will just melt your heart and is such a
love.Sponsored by Dave & Sue Webber Sponsored by Joanne Zbetnoff

SunnyTag No: 5246Registered Name:
Bella Fine Art
Date of Birth: Dec 14, 2001
Color: White/FawnCat Friendly: NoDog Friendly: Ok with
greyhounds, not with others, see commentsKid Friendly: No
Location: Foster HomeLarger photo: Yes,
click the links in Sunny's comment areaComments: Sunny was in a home
and returned through no fault of hers. Sunny is beautiful. Sunny is
very sweet, loveable and loves attention and to cuddle. She is good
with toys and loves walks and car rides. Sunny does not like to share,
so would do best in a home where she is the only apple of your eye or
one other greyhound. Sunny
does ok with other greyhounds, but not other dogs. She will need a
home where someone is home a fair amount of time, although she has
been left for 6 to 7 hours at a time. She will also need a home
without cats or children. Won't you give this beautiful older lady her
forever couch? Foster home update: Sunny came to live
with us a few months ago, but it seems she has been a part of our pack
forever. She turned 13 not long ago, but still likes to do a little
"dance" from time to time and let us know life still holds pleasure
for her. She does struggle with stairs. My husband built her a ramp to
the backyard and she uses it faithfully. He will do the same for the
other steps. She is probably the most affectionate of the 4 greyhounds
whom we have had in our home. She is the first one to greet me at the
door when I come home, sometimes the only one, and if I'm gone for
long my husband says she is watching out the window for me to return
home. She puts her head in my lap and is simply giving and receiving
love. She enjoys her treats, likes to sleep these cold nights with her
coat and a blanket over her. She loves walks, though they are a bit
shorter now and I try to avoid any of the steeper hills in the
neighborhood. She is so funny; she barks when one of her two "sisters"
comes close to her bed, but th ey have learned that she is all bark
and no bite and lie down with her anyway with no problems. She lets
passing dogs know through the windows that they are trespassing on her
sidewalk. All in all we are delighted that she is with us and hope she
sets a record for longevity.
Sponsored by Joanne Zbetnoff

LadyTag No: 5458Registered Name:
Lady DDate
of Birth: January 17, 2003 Color:
BrindleCat Friendly: NoDog Friendly: Ok with greyhounds,
unknown with othersKid Friendly: UnknownLocation: Foster homeLarger photo: Yes,
click the link in Lady's comment area plus check out her videos below!Comments: Lady has become a kennel favorite. She is a
brood mom and is now, well deservedly, retired and enjoying life.
Lady is very playful and loves the stuffed toys. She is friendly,
easy-going, playful and delightful. Lady will truly melt your heart -
just a wonderful, wonderful lady! Lady will need a home without
kitties. Lady and Zora are turned out
together and do very well together It turns out that Lady and Zora
are sisters! No wonder they look so much alike!;Foster
home update: I have the distinct pleasure of fostering these
two (long-lost and recently reunited) sisters. Zora had been in a home
before but for Lady it is a new adventure. They had a ball running
amok in my yard and they are really a team. The doggy door was
conquered without any help from me ;-)) They blend into my pack
seamlessly and have adapted to home life beautifully. They ride well
in the car (I think Lady would like to try driving) and are great on a
walk. They are a pair and need to stay together. What sweet girls!
(In the second photo, Lady is on the right.) There
are many more photos of "The Sister Act" on their past Dogs of the Month
feature!!Sponsored by Susan Hollingshead, Amanda Crane, Derek Crane and
Allie the greyhound (aka “Second That”)

TikaTag No: 5288Registered Name:
Savvy Jody
Date of Birth: March 5, 2008 Color:
BrindleCat Friendly: NoDog Friendly: Ok with large and small
Kid Friendly: UnknownLocation: Foster homeLarger photo: Yes,
click the links in Tika's comment areaComments:
Tika
is the most darling little girl. She is affectionate, happy and will
just melt your heart. Tika was returned to us in not very good health.
Tika has a myriad of health issues, but is such a happy soul. Everyone
who meets her just loves her. And she has been so good through all her
vet visits and treatments. Since her return she has been diagnosed
with Babesia and Valley Fever. Kennel Update: We are treating
Tika's
Babesia and her Valley Fever. We are also working with a Health Touch
healer, an acupuncturist and chiropractor to help her. We are blessed
to have so many of these individuals donate their services or part of
their services and so many volunteers being willing to work with her
as well. We are slowly getting some weight on her. Her medical
expenses are still quite large, as you can imagine. Won’t you help us
help Tika by sponsoring her. Forever Foster home update: Tika is
doing so much better. She is at 64 lbs now, her coat is bunny soft,
her eyes are bright and full of love and fun.
Tika had a
family of stuffed babies that is a constant source of entertainment
for me. She positions them in specific places and groupings. I just
wish I could read her mind. I've been told by a communicator they
make her feel loved and with all the babies she has, she truly is
loved. One time the red/blue bear had been placed in the corner of
the dining room for two days away from all the other babies. I picked
him up and said to her can't he come back home, he's sorry for what he
did. Tika
took him from me and put him back in the corner. He had to wait
another day! She loves car rides, lying in the sun and visits to the
kennel to see her people. She is a very happy soul. MEDICAL HOLDSponsored by Patricia DeckerSponsored by Janet Haarsager
Sponsored by Janet and Ron Foster

ZoeyTag No: 4419Registered Name: NS Lisa Labelle
Date of Birth: April 1, 2002
Color: BlackCat Friendly: NoDog Friendly: Ok with large and
smallKid Friendly: NoLocation: Foster home
Comments:
Alex (now at the Rainbow Bridge) and Zoey were in a home together and returned through no fault of
their own. Zoey is darling and petite. That face of hers
will melt your heart. She is a leaner and a lover. She can
be a little timid at first. She can be a little bossy once she
is comfortable, but she is just a sweetheart. The poor baby had
to have most of her teeth removed, but she does just fine with some
softened food and some loving. Zoey would do best in a home
without stairs and some runners on those smooth floors.
Zoey
does not appear to have separation anxiety, but she has always been
with Alex in recent years. Zoey does fine with large and small
dogs. Zoey needs a
home without cats. Foster home update: Zoey is
doing well. She has definitely come out of her shell. She likes to be
queen bee with the other dogs. She enjoys coming in and going out a
lot and likes to have the door opened for her. She will let you know
if there is anything moving outside, so she may do best in a house
with a yard rather than an apartment. Foster home update:
Zoey loves to lay in the sun by the bamboo. We have a large yard with
lots of different spots and she likes to switch off between sunny
spots and shady spots. She finally learned how to use the dog door
after several years of having to have it opened for her. She learned
it a couple years ago and can now go in and out as she pleases. She
seems to enjoy this quite a bit. She still doesn’t mind having the
door opened for her and she is good at giving us a look to let us
know. She has recently had all of her teeth removed but that doesn’t
stop her from being queen bee. I nicknamed her gummy bear. She likes
to play with our littlest dog who weighs about four pounds. She’s also
happy to let him know when he gets out of hand. They enjoy each other
and she will let him curl up next to her and take a nap.
Sponsored by Karen Samdahl
Sponsored by Noel Rossouw Sponsored by Joyce Dickison